Civic Connections: Our Changing Landscape.
This lesson focuses on the ideas of Our Changing Landscapes, which has a definition within the Educating for American Democracy Framework. Here are the specific civic components that connect to this lesson.
9-12 Key Concepts: Examine how borders change over time and the consequences of U.S. territorial expansion, analyze Indigenous understanding of land stewardship, economic activity, property, and prosperity, analyze the impact of people, policy, and cultural norms on landscape and climate.
Driving Questions:
History: HDQ1. How has the land we inhabit – from our local community to states and territories to the American republic – changed over time, and how have we shaped it?
Civics: CDQ1. What principles and values do Americans invoke in our debates about these issues?
Design Challenge 2: America's Plural Yet Shared Story
DC2.1: How can we integrate the perspectives of Americans from all different backgrounds when narrating a history of the U.S. and explicating the content of the philosophical foundations of American constitutional democracy?
Educating for American Democracy